(01:31) What Does Psychosis Look Like?

(02:28) About Gregg Martin

(06:54) About Dr. Manuel Sánchez de Carmona

(09:13) My Psychosis Story: What Happened in Iraq

(14:48) Psychosis Explained: What Is It?

(17:47) Stress Triggered Gregg's Psychosis

(21:58) Identifying & Blocking Paranoid Thoughts

(25:41) Know Your Early Warning Signs

(28:28) Must You Treat Mild Psychosis?

(30:17) Medication, Therapy & Support

(32:28) Gregg's 5Ps for Recovery

(35:09) Manuel's Top Tips to Prevent Relapse

(38:35) Losing Relationships: Forgiveness & Healing

(47:08) A Message to Those Experiencing Psychosis

(50:18) Gregg's Advice to His Younger Self

Gregg F. Martin, PhD, is a 36-year Army combat veteran, bipolar survivor and thriver, and retired two-star general. A former president of the National Defense University, he has lived most of his life on the Bipolar Spectrum, and is a qualified Airborne-Ranger-Engineer and strategist, who holds degrees from West Point and MIT. An author, speaker, and mental health advocate, he lives with his wife in Cocoa Beach, Florida. His forthcoming book, _“Bipolar General: My Forever War with Mental Illness”_ is available on Amazon, and is being published by the US Naval Institute Press, and endorsed by the Association of the US Army. For more information, visit https://generalgreggmartin.com

Dr. Manuel Sanchez de Carmona is a member of the ISBD Board of Directors and works as an associate professor of Clinical Psychiatry for the Anahuac University in Mexico City, Mexico. He began his involvement with ISBD in 2008 as the founder of the ISBD Mexican Chapter and since then in key leadership roles: first as ISBD Secretary Treasurer and then as ISBD President, serving for two consecutive terms from March 2014 to December 2017. He was able to actively promote the Society and generate local chapters in several countries of Latin America, Asia, and Europe. He is passionate about providing education on bipolar disorders and using the Society as a game-changer in public mental health services. Since World Bipolar Day’s inception, he has been involved in its global promotion and making connections with experts with the lived experience to generate community awareness and fight stigma. Dr. Sanchez de Carmona has more than 25 years of clinical experience treating mood disorders and is interested in diagnosis, early detection, and providing quality of life to patients.

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Full credit and many thanks to ENR for Iraq War footage used in this episode. Watch ENR's full feature video for Gregg Martin's ENR Award of Excellence:

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